Ball-valve control



H. M. SHEER BALL IVALVE CONTROL Nov. 20 1923.

Filed June 10. 1922 Patented Nov. 2@, 1923.

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7 HENRY M SHEER, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

BALL-VALVE CONTROL.

Application filed June 10, 1922. Serial in. 567,452.

1T0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY M. SHEER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Quincy, in the county of Adams and tate of Illinois. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ball-Valve Con trols. of which the following is-a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement I in ball valve controls, and this invention really embodies animprovement on, and a modifiiation of, the mechanism set forth in my application SerialNo. 523080, filed Dec.

This present invention consists in an auxiliary oil cup removably supported in the main oil chamber, and having a valve-seat opening in its bottom for the discharge of the oil, in connection with a float Which surw roundsthe lower portion of the auxiliary cup and has a ball at the center in position to seat itselt'in the valve-seat and close the outlet of the cup.

This auxiliary oil cup may be made of any metal, but it is preferably cast of aluminum and provided With spider arms by which it is remo-vably raised or supported in the main oil chamber, so that the entire auxiliary cup, together with the arms, may

abe lifted out for cleaning, but when in place it functions substantially as the float valve does in the above-entitled application.

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a sectional view of this ball valve control;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the auxiliary cup with the valve-seat opening in the center of the bottom; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the float.

' A, represents the main oil supply in the form of a glass jug or bottle having an outlet at the mouth controlled by the usual valve 1. The numeral 3 represents the auxof a valve-seat, in position to receivethe ball valve 8 of the float 9, which latter surrounds the cup and controls the outlet 7 from the auxiliary cup, and consequently the flow of oil from said cup to the main chamber.

By the use of this construction, the level of the oil in the main chamber 6 and that of the burner 10 is maintained approximately upon a level, as shown by the hori zontal dotted lines. This is a desideratum,

as the burner cannot floodor overflow in the event of the float mechanism getting temporarily out of order in a construction of this character.

I claim I r 1. The combination of an oil supply, a main oil chamber, an auxiliary oil chamber having spider arms by which it is removably supported in the main o-il chamber, and having an outlet through the bottom, and a float having a 'ball valve in position to control said outlet.

2. The combination of an oil supply, a main oil chamber having a flange or ledge extending inwardly from the Wall thereof, a removable auxiliary oil chamber in the form of a casting having spider arms adapted to rest upon the ledge or flange, said auxili ary chamber having an opening in the bottom in the form of a valve-seat, and a float having a ball valve in position to control the passage of oil from the auxiliary to the main oil chamber.

ture.

HE-NRY M. SHEER. 

